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Luiz Mattar

Brazilian tennis player (born 1963)

Summary

Brazilian tennis player (born 1963)

FieldValue
nameLuiz Mattar
countryBrazil
residenceSão Paulo, Brazil
birth_date
birth_placeSão Paulo, Brazil
height
turnedpro1985
retired1995
playsRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
careerprizemoney$1,484,394
singlesrecord191–178
singlestitles7
5 Challenger, 0 Futures
highestsinglesrankingNo. 29 (1 May 1989)
AustralianOpenresult2R (1991, 1993)
FrenchOpenresult3R (1986)
Wimbledonresult2R (1991)
USOpenresult3R (1990, 1991)
Othertournamentsyes
Olympicsresult1R (1988, 1992)
doublesrecord104–111
doublestitles5
3 Challenger, 0 Futures
highestdoublesrankingNo. 55 (7 January 1991)
AustralianOpenDoublesresult1R (1993)
FrenchOpenDoublesresult3R (1986, 1990, 1993)
WimbledonDoublesresult1R (1987, 1990, 1991)
USOpenDoublesresult2R (1986, 1990, 1991)
OthertournamentsDoublesyes
OlympicsDoublesresult2R (1988)
FrenchOpenMixedresult2R (1990)
Teamyes
DavisCupresultSF (1992)
updated25 December 2023

5 Challenger, 0 Futures 3 Challenger, 0 Futures

Luiz Mattar (born August 18, 1963) is a former professional tennis player from Brazil.

He played on the professional tour from 1985 to 1995, during which time he won seven top-level singles titles and five tour doubles titles. Mattar's career-high rankings were World No. 29 in singles (in 1989) and World No. 55 in doubles (in 1991). His career prize money totalled $1,493,136.

With seven ATP singles titles in tournaments of the Association of Professional Tennis Players, he is the second Brazilian tennis player, after Gustavo Kuerten, with more ATP titles in his career. He also led the Brazilian Davis Cup team to their best result in history back in 1992 defeating Germany and Italy and reaching the semi-final of the World Group in the 1992 Davis Cup. This feat has only been matched by Gustavo Kuerten who led the Brazilian team again to the semi-final in 2000.

He started his professional career only at the age of 22, unlike most tennis players who started their careers at 18 or earlier, after dropping out in his last year of engineering at Mackenzie Presbyterian University in São Paulo.

He was trained by Paulo Cleto from the beginning to the end of his career. He even said that he couldn't see himself training with another coach. He is considered by several sports analysts, tennis critics and former tennis players as one of the ten greatest Brazilian tennis players of the Open Era.

Mattar is the son of textile businessman Fuad Mattar and is of Lebanese descent. After retiring from tennis he became an entrepreneur and is the founder of TIVIT, one of Brazil's largest information technology service providers.

ATP career finals

Singles: 11 (7 wins, 4 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (7–4)

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Finals by surface
Hard (2–4)
Clay (3–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (2–0)

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Finals by setting
Outdoors (5–4)
Indoors (2–0)

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ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0[](1987-guaruja-open)Guarujá, BrazilGrand PrixHardBRA Cássio Motta6–3, 5–7, 6–2
Loss1–1[](atp-sao-paulo)São Paulo, BrazilGrand PrixHardPER Jaime Yzaga2–6, 6–4, 2–6
Loss1–2[](1987-sul-america-open-singles)Itaparica, BrazilGrand PrixHardUSA Andre Agassi6–7, 2–6
Win2–2[](1988-guaruja-open-singles)Guarujá, BrazilGrand PrixClayUSA Eliot Teltscher6–3, 6–3
Win3–2[](1989-guaruja-open-singles)Guarujá, BrazilGrand PrixClayUSA Jimmy Brown7–6, 6–4
Win4–2[](1989-banespa-open-singles)Rio de Janeiro, BrazilGrand PrixCarpetARG Martín Jaite6–4, 5–7, 6–4
Loss4–3[](guaruja-open)Guarujá, BrazilWorld SeriesHardARG Martín Jaite6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Win5–3[](1990-banespa-open-singles)Rio de Janeiro, BrazilWorld SeriesCarpetCAN Andrew Sznajder6–4, 6–4
Win6–3[](atp-sao-paulo)São Paulo, BrazilWorld SeriesHardBRA Jaime Oncins6–1, 6–4
Loss6–4[](1994-nuveen-championships-singles)Scottsdale, USAWorld SeriesHardUSA Andre Agassi4–6, 3–6
Win7–4[](1994-america-s-red-clay-tennis-championships-singles)Coral Springs, USAWorld SeriesClayAUS Jamie Morgan6–4, 3–6, 6–3

Doubles (5 wins, 6 losses)

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (4)

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Titles by surface
Hard (2)
Grass (0)
Clay (3)
Carpet (0)

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ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Jan 1987Guarujá, BrazilHardBRA Cássio MottaGER Martin Hipp
GER Tore Meinecke7–6, 6–1
Win2–0Sep 1987Geneva, SwitzerlandClayBRA Ricardo AciolyIRI Mansour Bahrami
URU Diego Pérez3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Loss2–1Feb 1990Guarujá, BrazilHardBRA Cássio MottaARG Javier Frana
ARG Gustavo Luza6–7, 6–7
Loss2–2Jun 1990Florence, ItalyClayURU Diego PérezESP Sergi Bruguera
ARG Horacio de la Peña6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Loss2–3Oct 1990São Paulo, BrazilCarpetNED Mark KoevermansUSA Shelby Cannon
VEN Alfonso Mora7–6, 3–6, 6–7
Win3–3Dec 1990Wellington, New ZealandHardVEN Nicolás PereiraUSA John Letts
BRA Jaime Oncins4–6, 7–6, 6–2
Loss3–4Apr 1991Madrid, SpainClayBRA Jaime OncinsARG Gustavo Luza
BRA Cássio Motta0–6, 5–7
Loss3–5May 1991Bologna, ItalyClayBRA Jaime OncinsUSA Luke Jensen
AUS Laurie Warder4–6, 6–7
Loss3–6Apr 1992Tampa, USAClayRUS Andrei OlhovskiyUSA Mike Briggs
USA Trevor Kronemann6–7, 7–6, 4–6
Win4–6Jun 1992Florence, ItalyClayURU Marcelo FilippiniRSA Royce Deppe
RSA Brent Haygarth6–4, 6–7, 6–4
Win5–6Oct 1994Montevideo, UruguayClayURU Marcelo FilippiniESP Sergio Casal
ESP Emilio Sánchez7–6, 6–4

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 9 (5–4)

Legend
ATP Challenger (5–4)
ITF Futures (0–0)

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Finals by surface
Hard (4–0)
Clay (1–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)

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ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1São Paulo, BrazilChallengerClayCHI Pedro Rebolledo3–6, 2–6
Loss0–2Brasília, BrazilChallengerCarpetUSA Mario Tabares3–6, 2–6
Win1–2Rio de Janeiro, BrazilChallengerHardESP Francisco Roig6–4, 6–3
Win2–2Rio de Janeiro, BrazilChallengerClayMEX Luis-Enrique Herrera6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Win3–2Zaragoza, SpainChallengerHardESP Tomas Carbonell7–5, 3–6, 6–2
Loss3–3Birmingham, United StatesChallengerClaySWE Mikael Pernfors6–7, 4–6
Win4–3Recife, BrazilChallengerHardBRA Jaime Oncins7–6, 5–7, 7–5
Win5–3São Luís, BrazilChallengerHardVEN Maurice Ruah6–4, 6–4
Loss5–4Campinas, BrazilChallengerClayBRA Fernando Meligeni4–6, 2–6

Doubles: 8 (3–5)

Legend
ATP Challenger (3–5)
ITF Futures (0–0)

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Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (2–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)

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ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Rio de Janeiro, BrazilChallengerHardBRA Dacio CamposUSA Charles Beckman
USA Shelby Cannon3–6, 2–6
Win1–1São Paulo, BrazilChallengerClayBRA Cassio MottaCUB Juan-Antonio Pino-Perez
USA Mario Tabares7–5, 6–2
Loss1–2Brasília, BrazilChallengerCarpetBRA Fernando RoeseBRA Jaime Oncins
CAN Andrew Sznajder5–7, 6–3, 6–7
Win2–2São Paulo, BrazilChallengerClayBRA Jaime OncinsARG Juan-Ignacio Garat
USA Marcelo Saliola6–4, 6–4
Loss2–3Recife, BrazilChallengerHardBRA Jaime OncinsCAN Sebastien Lareau
CAN Daniel Nestor7–5, 4–6, 6–7
Win3–3São Luís, BrazilChallengerHardBRA Jaime OncinsVEN Maurice Ruah
USA Mario Tabares6–3, 7–5
Loss3–4Natal, BrazilChallengerClayBRA Jaime OncinsNED Stephen Noteboom
USA Jack Waite6–4, 0–6, 3–6
Loss3–5São Luís, BrazilChallengerHardBRA Jaime OncinsBRA Otavio Della
BRA Marcelo Saliola7–6, 3–6, 6–7

Performance timelines

Singles

Tournament19851986198719881989199019911992199319941995SRW–LWin %0 / 32–30 / 96–90 / 41–40 / 75–70–02–21–21–21–23–34–40–32–30–10–10 / 2314–230 / 20–20 / 42–40 / 72–70 / 50–50 / 43–40 / 53–50 / 20–20 / 11–10–00–02–41–30–33–32–50–03–70–20–10 / 2811–28
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian OpenAAAAAA2RA2RA1R
French OpenA3R2R2R2R2R1R1R1R1RA
WimbledonQ3A1RAA1R2R1RAAA
US OpenA1RA1R1R3R3R1R2RAA
Win–loss
National Representation
Olympic GamesNot Held1RNot Held1RNot Held
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian WellsAAA1R1RA2RA2RAA
MiamiAA2R2R1RA1RA1R1R1R
Monte CarloAA1R1RA1R1RA1RAA
HamburgAA1RAA3R2RA1RAA
RomeAA2RA1R2R1RA2RAA
CanadaAAAAAAAA1R1RA
CincinnatiAAAAAAAA2RAA
Win–loss

Doubles

Tournament1985198619871988198919901991199219931994SRW–LWin %0 / 10–10 / 86–80 / 30–30 / 63–60–03–20–20–20–23–31–30–22–20–00 / 189–180 / 21–20 / 22–20 / 30–30 / 31–30 / 45–40 / 65–60 / 00–00 / 00–00–00–15–40–02–12–31–50–03–30–10 / 1813–18
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian OpenAAAAAAAA1RA
French OpenA3R1R1R1R3R1R1R3RA
WimbledonQ3A1RAA1R1RAAA
US OpenA2RA1R1R2R2R1RAA
Win–loss
National Representation
Olympic GamesNot Held2RNot Held1RNH
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian WellsAAQFAAA1RAAA
MiamiAAAAAA1RA1R1R
Monte CarloAA2RAA1R1RAQ2A
HamburgAAQFAA2R1RAQFA
RomeA1R1RAQF2R2RA2RA
CanadaAAAAAAAAQ1AA
CincinnatiAAAAAAAAQ2A
Win–loss

References

References

  1. "Os dez maiores tenistas brasileiros da Era Aberta".
  2. (2006). "A dream at 81".
  3. (26 August 2022). "From an Olympic athlete to a R $ 2.5 billion business owner: the story of Luiz Mattar".
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